New and little-known Lagriidae. 187 



joint 1 moderatelj' thickened, 10 much shorter than 9 and angularly 

 dilated at the inner apical angle, 11 (as in $) nearly equalling 8-10 

 united; anterior tibiae gradually dilated on the inner side into a 

 broad, subangular, concave plate; intermediate tibiae hollowed 

 Avithin; posterior tibiae (fig. 7) excavate along their inner face, 

 broadly arcuato-emarginate towards the middle (as seen from above), 

 and widened thence to the apex, appearing strongly sinuate within. 



Hab. Brazil {Mvs. Oxon.), Rio de Janeiro (Fry). 



Eight specimens seen, three of which are males. If 

 correctly identified by me, S. longicollis is a close ally of 

 S. viridipenms, Lep. et Serv. (and not of S. geniculata, as 

 stated by Maklin), from which it differs in the narrower 

 head and prothorax in both sexes, and in the following 

 (^-characters : — antennae with joint 1 less thickened, and 

 10 shorter and dentate at the apex within; intermediate 

 femora ciliate to near the apex and the ventral surface 

 more hairy; posterior tibiae strongly sinuate within, 

 the plate on the anterior pair less angular. The number 

 and arrangement of the setigerous impressions on the 

 elytra] interstices 3, 5, and 9 are much the same in the 

 two species. The colour is variable — piceous or rufo- 

 castaneous, the elytra with an aeneous or greenish lustre, 

 the two basal joints of the antennae sometimes infuscate. 



18. Statira meleagris. (Plate XII, fig. 8, ^.) 



cJ. Statira meleagris, Makl., Act. Soc. Fenn. vii, p. 149 

 (1862). 



Antennal joint 1 1 in ^^ equalling 7-10, in ? 8-10, united ; inter- 

 mediate femora in cJ gradually thickened outwards and then abruptly 

 hollowed before the apex beneath. 



Hab. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro {Fry, Mus. Oxon.), Espirito 

 Santo {Mus. Brit.). 



Eight examples seen. A very elongate, pallid form 

 allied to S. catenata, Makl., with the widened, catenulate 

 alternate elytral interstices 3, .5, 7, and 9 each bearing a 

 series of somewhat closely placed, subquadrate, black 

 impressions; the legs and antennae differently formed 

 or clothed, and the abdomen almost glabrous (the usual 

 setae only present), in the t^; the head narrow and sulcate 

 between the eyes. 



